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Good-government groups said Wednesday that the state should quickly adopt campaign-finance reform in an effort to rebuild public confidence after a massive bribery scandal broke Tuesday.

The groups for years have been pushing Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers to install a public-financing system in New York, similar to what New York City has. They said the urgency has grown after Sen. Malcolm Smith, D-Queens, was arrested Tuesday in the wide-reaching corruption case.

"Changing the culture so that we have a larger base of people who don't rely on money and don't want to enrich ...